Chief Audiologist
Primary Location Santa Clara, California
Worker Location Onsite
Facility Santa Clara Medical Offices
Job Number 1341607 Date posted 03/03/2025
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Description:
Job Summary:
Manages a staff of audiologists in providing diagnostic and therapeutic hearing services, including dispensing of hearing aids. Responsible to ensure compliance with TPMG and outside regulatory agency standards. Responsible for monitoring and adjusting operations in order to achieve revenue, productivity, quality and MPS targets. Administers diagnostic audiological tests that allow the differentiation between types of hearing disorders, coordinates and interprets test results and consults with and makes recommendations on hearing disorders to physicians.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Responsible for all activities of the audiology and hearing aid center staff. Responsible for Human Resource management, including interviewing, hiring, training, development, supervision and evaluation of clinical providers and/or department staff.
- Collaborates with the Chief of Otorhinolaryngology to communicate and facilitate the integration of best practices for Audiology care and to ensure continuous improvement in the delivery of auditory services.
- Establishes and maintains quality of care and service standards. Ensures staff is in compliance with audiology licensing laws and ethical codes and other local, state and federal regulations. Responsible for evaluating clinical competency and annual performance evaluation to ensure high quality professional standards.
- Has primary oversight of the Hearing Aid Center business venture. Manages growth of the business and has profit and loss responsibility.
- Contributes to development and presentation of new regional and/or service area Audiology and Hearing Aid Center initiatives and assists in planning for new equipment, space and facility upgrades.
- Involved in developing and monitoring operating and capital budgets, and ensures that the services operate within the allocated funds. Has authority for budgetary expenditures. Holds Fiscal Distribution Authority approval for department cost center expenditures.
- Ensures ongoing professional development for self, clinical staff, and student affiliates.
- Functions as a practicing audiologist.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum three (3) years of post-licensure experience in the field of audiology required.
Education
- Masters degree required
License, Certification, Registration
- Temporary Audiologist License (California) required at hire OR Audiologist License (California) required at hire
- National Provider Identifier required at hire
- Basic Life Support
Additional Requirements:
- Demonstrated ability to work in teams and have effective communication and listening skills.
- Knowledge of local and state requirements of newborn hearing screening protocols.
- Basic business skills and acumen.
- Ability to work in a Labor/Management Partnership environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Minimum two (2) years of prior supervisory/leadership experience preferred.
- Minimum two (2) years of Kaiser Permanente experience preferred.
- Certificate of Clinical Competency in audiology preferred.
- Current California Dispensing Audiologist license preferred.
- Experience in advanced diagnostic testing such as: Auditory Brainstem Response (ABRs), Videonystagmography (VNGs), etc, dependent on assigned Area.
- Active membership and participation in state and local associations preferred.
- Doctorate preferred
Primary Location: California,Santa Clara,Santa Clara Medical Offices
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40
Shift: Day
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Working Hours Start: 08:30 AM
Working Hours End: 05:00 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUE-NCAL-09|NUE|Non Union Employee
Job Level: Manager with Direct Reports
Department: Santa Clara Homestead Hospital - Head and Neck-Hearing Aid Ctr - 0206
Pay Range: $133000 - $172040 / year
Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.
Travel: No
On-site: Work location is on-site (KP designated office, medical office building or hospital).
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
At Kaiser Permanente, equity, inclusion and diversity are inextricably linked to our mission, and we aim to make it a part of everything we do. We know that having a diverse and inclusive workforce makes Kaiser Permanente a better place to receive health care, a more supportive partner in our communities we serve, and a more fulfilling place to work. Working at Kaiser Permanente means that you agree to and abide by our commitment to equity and our expectation that we all work together to create an inclusive work environment focused on a sense of belonging and wellbeing.
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Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status. Submit Interest
